a collection of ellipses and digressions

I have contacted my congressmen, and the Pres concerning my thoughts on our current stance.

I know, why bother right?

I sat down and could have setup an account on bplay.com so I can started the process to 'locate' a purchase of about $5 in the past two years so I can play chess on my BB again... (After emailing them my emailed reciept) Or I could send the messages.

I figured one was more important and I'm hoping my intent will be heard.

Here are some other thoughts I've had about Egypt's situation:
* Read the first two paragraphs of the document that set our country in motion - the Declaration of Independence. Sounds very aropo, doesn't it?
* Nervous about the Muslim Brotherhood? For now they merely seem to be offer their organization's... erm, organization. In support of the people. Think of them as more like Martin Luther King's ministry rather than those scary Islamists. The 20% of their Congress that are of this banned org (so, officially, they're independent) have actually worked to try reform (ie: fix) their government and they actually seem to take their job seriously.
* their military supports the people - and just in 'not being violent' - but in a 'they said they support the people' kind of way. (Would you expect the same from our military? Sadly, I don't.)

I posted this on facebook, but it discourages 'blog' type posts, so I'm redoing.

I am disappointed in ALL of our political 'leaders' today.

Do. The. Right. Thing.

There's no need to offend anyone - be tactful. But be clear.

Damn political expediency and being wishy-washy.

We ALL support freedom of expression, freedom offered by democracy and most of all, freedom from tyranny.

The baby gates around computer desk is gone. Here's to hoping it stays that way!

The ACLU has asked the DOJ to investigate the Seattle PD for many documented uses of excessive force described as a 'pattern of violence by the Seattle Police Department' with some events described as 'inflict injury out of anger'.

Thank you ACLU.  Perhaps we cat get these thugs in line with 'protecting' rather than 'enforcing the law'.  There IS a distinct difference: mind-set.

Want more info: http://www.google.com/search?q=acl…
Idaho (IDAHO!!!) has better officer training than Seattle does.  Frankly, that's embarassing.  I'm sure Idaho is a nice place with nice people (exception skin head dipshits), but the fact that their police depts are organized more intelligently with more informed and trained officers when you compare the relative education, household income and government budgets.

The SPD site says:
Either those policies, offices, etc, have NO teeth with NO requirements of the officers, OR these are empty words with no force or impact.  EVERY officer should be in-line with what the citizenry EXPECTS of their police department and when one officer witnesses unprofessional actions, even before they're done, should interrupt, correct and when necessary, report.

But, here we are.  Instead, we've got a 'brotherhood' of officers who treat their job as 'us vs them' and will aid (ie: abet) their fellow 'brothers' to protect them from 'unfair' rules, regulations and expectations.

I do not expect professionalism from police.  To be honest, I have occasionally (not nearly half) been surprised to find my expectations set low.

Here's hoping there's real change in the SPD and the surrounding communities model themselves on the new dept.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar…

You cannot imagine how much this pisses me off.

Look at the video.  Look at it!  That kind of shove is ENTIRELY unnecessary.  And now an innocent man will never have his life - but hey, I'll bet the officer felt better after the shove.  Maybe not now, but he's still able to have his life.

What's worse is AFTER that pig (not all cops are pigs - but this one is) did the damage, he then starts to yank him around like a ragdoll.

For those that say "he shouldn't have run" that doesn't make the shove excusable.  It's entirely unrelated. That's like saying it's ok for someone to maim a person, cause the 'maimee' had maimed someone else.

The officer, if he had had a shred of professionalism, should have:
1) stopped
2) ordered suspect to lay down

But then I guess he wouldn't have gotten his own physical outlet - which of course is paramount. /s

There is no way to tell what kind of cop you're about to deal with.  Maybe the next one is decent guy with intelligence, or you get the guy who was always a bullying asshole, with subpar IQ, is going through a divorce, and you have committed a crime that just pisses him off (whatever it might be, simple speeding, jaywalking, etc).

I've got stories, and my friend have stories.  Events that have happened where an officer is just a plain asshole - including one instance where a friend was told to stay on his knees for over an hour (which, frankly, IS a form of torture - and this in Seattle) due to a little solo motor cycle play (a wheelie) on empty streets in the evening in SODO.

To be fair, I've stories on the other side too (decent cops), but the bad cops need to be gotten rid of.

The only problem: if you make a complaint, that officer will have it in for you.  He may even decide to cite you for stuff that he decided against at the time (for whatever reason).  People /know/ this.  Why do you think most don't complain?  For every complaint, I can nearly guarantee there's 10 more than didn't for fear of retribution by the cop and his 'brothers' (fuck their 'brotherhood' elitism btw - that has NO place in a civil protection agency).

Be careful kids!  Yessir/Yesmaam every cop and if they order you to do something, no matter how silly, just do it.  Better than getting slammed down cause you didn't follow quick enough and then the life you previously had a right to is gone.

A quote from a random NPR article (linking to it only to be nice; doesn't add anything to the quote):

I just got off the phone with APC asking which units they sold offered 'continuous' rather than 'standy' power.

Continuous - always powered from batteries, which are charged when power is available.  This handles not only power spikes or flat out outages (like standby models), but low power conditions as well as 0 cutover time (as there isn't a cutover).

He informed me all the Smart-UPS and the RS models in the Back-UPS line all offer continuous.

I'm posting this info for a few reasons:

1) So you don't have to call APC :)
2) What other series from other manufacturers offer continuous ups?
3) Debate the whole necessity of continuous vs standy

More info about my setup/goals if you're curious:

My whole plan is get my home machines (2), 1TB San (750 due to raid5 - old, eh?), Router/WIFI AP and cable modem hooked up to either 1 or 2 of these + an LCD at each desk.  I'm divided whether I should get a higher rated unit for all, or 2 and split the load.

My main issue is power 'lows' - I've toasted 2 high end PSUs (along with mobo and vid card once), and the one I have now is working, but I suspect is not consistantly passing enough power to a hard drive that now refuses to stay on while under heavy use.  I don't know if either are now 'damaged', but I'm fairly certain the source problem is power.  I have a standby unit connected to my wife's computer currently, and occasionally it'll start beeping - leading me to believe stable power is an actual problem.

I plan on stopping by Home Depot on my way home for a Kill-A-Watt device so I'll know exactly what power rating I need.

... by a member of my extended family.

Here's the image (I've edited it to make sure that anyone that randomly finds it on my account understands my feelings on it):


Here's my reply:

2) Who apparently stopped Comcast service on Mar 11th, 2010.
3) And apparently this Denise Jacobs didn't like paying, so she didn't.
4) So Comcast sends the debt to a collections agency: Credit Collections Services.

5) And the collections company does some CRAZY fucking math and decides to try to collect from MY Denise Jacobs.

** Oh no they don't. **

After MUCH back and forth between the two companies, I have ascertained:

1) The address the credit agency has is just the BILLING address, not the service address - that's in effing Washougal, WA.
1a) And the address they have doesn't even include an apartment number - just "APT".
2) The driver's license number Comcast has and gave to the collection agency is NOT my Denise's.
3) My Denise did in fact, used to live at that same apartment complex, with a different last name - TEN YEARS AGO.
4) My Denise jacobs HAS an active Comcast account (ours) - and it's not related to this other delinquent Denise Jacobs.

So, after some closer look at them, there's another fact I have ascertained:

5) Credit Collections Services (of Two Wells Avenue, Newton, MA 02459, 7-617-581-1074) doesn't know their head from a hole in the ground and doesn't really understand facts and figures.

The fact that they somehow linked THAT Denise Jacobs to mine is just freaking ridiculous. Seriously? They HAVE the driver's license number. I'm certain they linked these facts:

1) My Denise used to live at a /similar/ address (under a different name).

Oh, nevermind, there's no other facts. JUST THAT - WTF?!?

C.C.S: Get your shit together, you effing retards. You can't let random computer generated links /THAT FAR STRETCHED/ actually result in a mailing out and attempt to assign responsibility for a debt. Have someone (who's not a idiot kthx - I feel I need to tell you) to check it first.

Oh, and Ryan (of CCS), I still think you were a jerk, and I suspect you hate your job (I would). But don't tell people that "you're /going/ to continue to attempt to collect, etc" (his emphasis) after having been told what's going on at the end of the call. THAT'S WHY I'M CALLING you fucking nitwit - to get this fixed. I know that collection agencies are like autistic 3 y/o's on Valium - don't think, just do. And from your attitude, it seems clear you thought I was trying to escape a debt you believe was in fact ours. I don't need your judgmental bullshit.

K, I'm done. Back to work.